Weekly Chemawa American., March 10, 1911, Page 9, Image 9

THE
CH EM A W A
S O C IE T IE S
E x c e ls io r .
On T h ursday evening, Mar. 2, the E x ­
celsiors m et in th e ir regular place. Busi­
ness was first called for and settled. We
then adjourned to the chapel where the
following program was rendered:
R ecitation ........................ . . . . .Jo e P u rn s
Piano S o lo ................... M arcellus Morrison
R e a d in g ........................ R ichard P erkins
Violin Solo............ ,................ Fred M iller
C o n u n d ru m s........... ...........W illie T avlor
Song ....................
Patsv B arrett
Critic . . . .................................... Mr. Cooper
Piano
................ .............M. Morrison
A motion was m ade and ad jo u rn m en t
followed.
AM ERICAN
“ Reliance O rators” will ring through
the walls of the assem bly hall in this
citv. After this was decided upon, Mr.
Fickle, our esteem ed and able critic,
spoke most fluently on various m easures,
which together with our present e n ­
thusiasm , fu rth er an im ated us to strive
fo ra higher and nobler cause.— H arry
W. J ones , Reporter.
D A IR Y — B A K E R Y PARTY.
The m em bers of the above-nam ed d e­
tails, together with invited guests, g a th ­
ered in th e gym nasium on Tuesday eve­
ning for th en an n u al jollification
The
guests, on account of a m isunderstanding,
arrived a little late, b u t after they a r­
rived and were shown th eir places the
R e lia n c e
fun began. A grand m arch to the music
The Reliance Society convened again
of the violin of Frederic M iller was the
last T hursday e v e d n g . Many matter*- first
Following th is cam e a period of
of im portance were brought before the
rest, u n til the pie eating contest should
house and discussed, l ife and ginger come off. This contest proved real in ­
prevaded throughout the m eeting. Of teresting and the prize, a box of candy,
th e m any questions brought ,up, Mr. Jones, was won by Maude Lowrv. who succeed­
of Oregon, introduced the following bill: ed in getting away with half of a pie
“ T hat the organization divide itself into before her five opponents had got started.
two respective bodies, nam ely t h e ‘Yel
The refreshm ents cam e after another
lows’ a n d ‘G reens,’ which should select period of rest and ch atter. These were
debating team s to represent them , and
very plentiful and were served in great
dehate for honors publicly at the first style. Th^y consisted of coffee, ham
open d ate.” T his bill after having been sandw iches, lady fingers, candy, nuts,
hotly debated by Mr. M inesinger, of < ranges, bananas, anples, ice cream and
M ontana, Mr Ammon, of C alifornia, and
cake. The heads of form er parties this
and Mr Sortor, of W ashington, was final
year can now size up the above refresh ­
ly passed
m ent list and decide w hether they were
The gentlem an who introduced the out-classed in t-M«line or not. The dec­
bill was then given the honor of select­ orations were elaborate and were ma le up
ing the principals for the two sides, and of Oregon grape, bu n tin g and pennants.
who after careful th o u g h t selected Mr. The crowd num bered about fifty and
M inesinger, the g entlem an from M ontana, conducted itself in a very decorous m an­
for the “ G reens” and Mr. Ammon of Cali
ner.
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fornia for the “ Yellows.” P rom pt action
Subscribe for the C h e m iv i V neriean
was taken and some tim e in the near
future the elaborate discourses of tne Only 25 cents a year
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